prediction

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PREDIC'TION, noun [Latin proedictio.] A foretelling; a previous declaration of a future event; prophecy. The fulfillment of the predictions of the prophets is considered to be a strong argument in favor of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
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